Hungarian Woman (Mulier Matrisana / Ein Matrisanisch Weib)

1649
Not on view
A Hungarian woman standing whole length in profile to right; wearing a headscarf, bodice, and embroidered apron over patterned skirt and plain underskirt; her left hand on her stomach, touching her apron with her right hand.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Hungarian Woman (Mulier Matrisana / Ein Matrisanisch Weib)
  • Series/Portfolio: Aula Veneris: Title and fifty plates (New Hollstein 571-621)
  • Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Date: 1649
  • Medium: Etching; only state
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 3 9/16 × 2 1/4 in. (9 × 5.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
  • Object Number: 20.81.3.152
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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